Definition of purl

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Purl (v. t.) To decorate with fringe or embroidery.

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Crib :: Crib (v. t.) To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton..
Purloin :: Purloin (v. i.) To practice theft; to steal.
Purl :: Purl (n.) A circle made by the notion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.
Purline :: Purline (n.) In root construction, a horizontal member supported on the principals and supporting the common rafters..
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till..
Purloining :: Purloining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purloi.
Creeper :: Creeper (n.) A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often telegraph creepers..
Plagiarize :: Plagiarize (v. t.) To steal or purloin from the writings of another; to appropriate without due acknowledgement (the ideas or expressions of another).
Cribbing :: Cribbing (n.) Purloining; stealing; plagiarizing.
Purl :: Purl (v. t.) To decorate with fringe or embroidery.
Purling :: Purling (n.) The motion of a small stream running among obstructions; also, the murmur it makes in so doing..
Calcar :: Calcar (n.) A spur, or spurlike prominence..
Purloined :: Purloined (imp. & p. p.) of Purloi.
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
Purloin :: Purloin (v. t.) To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch..
Purled :: Purled (imp. & p. p.) of Pur.
Cabbage :: Cabbage (n.) Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.
Finger :: Finger (v. t.) To take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin.
Purl :: Purl (v. i.) To run swiftly round, as a small stream flowing among stones or other obstructions; to eddy; also, to make a murmuring sound, as water does in running over or through obstructions..
Spurned :: Spurling-line (n.) The line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale.
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